With the number of MLS teams + academies that give young players a shot in USL early + piss poor college scouting to evaluate professional talent, this draft is crapshoot at best.

Last year we ended up signing 2 second round picks in Lema and Stauffer to the USL team after they didn't make it out of their drafting teams' training camps. Our natural 2nd rounder (Niko de Vera) and Stauffer already out of our USL picture.

Someone on Twitter posted how few drafted players the past 3 years ever got/are still getting decent minutes or even with the same team. It's sad.

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Posted 23 December 2018 - 01:15 PM

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MLS draft is becoming more like the nhl/MLB draft. The mai. Purpose is to fill out the reserve/b Teams

And yet, there are still quality contributors. For instance, Julian Gressel, who was a major part of Atlanta's run, was the 7th overall pick 2 years ago. He is an outlier, of course, but quality is still out there...

Posted 23 December 2018 - 03:00 PM

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And yet, there are still quality contributors. For instance, Julian Gressel, who was a major part of Atlanta's run, was the 7th overall pick 2 years ago. He is an outlier, of course, but quality is still out there...

Especially for our USL team.

Top 10 picks you've got a decent shot at someone who can contribute year one. Anything past that is just about a total crapshoot.